Hanoi, Sept. 8 (BNA): The death toll from a karaoke hall fire in southern Vietnam has risen to 32 and some parts of the building are still inaccessible after more than a day, state media reported.
State media said the fire, which broke out late on Tuesday, trapped workers and customers inside the multi-storey building in Thuan An city in Binh Dung province. The fire was quickly brought under control but caught on the next day.
Vietnam News Agency reported 32 deaths from the fire as of late Wednesday and at least one karaoke room and one storage room had not been reached because the temperature remained high.
Some people were reported to have suffocated and others had broken limbs when they jumped from upper floors in an attempt to escape the fire. The Associated Press reported that firefighters using ramps from their trucks were able to rescue others.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offered his condolences to the families of the victims and asked government officials to support the families and quickly find the cause of the fire. The initial finding was that it was caused by a short circuit and started on the second or third floor.